Lexic.us

Definition of Itchy

1. Adjective. Nervous and unable to relax. "A restless child"

2. Adjective. Causing an irritating cutaneous sensation; being affect with an itch. "He had an itchy toe from the mosquito bite"

Definition of Itchy

1. a. Infected with the itch, or with an itching sensation.

Definition of Itchy

1. Adjective. Having or creating an itch, causing a person or animal to tend to want to scratch. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Itchy

1. causing an itching sensation [adj ITCHIER, ITCHIEST] : ITCHILY [adv]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Itchy

itch itch mite itched itches itchier itchiest itchily itchiness itchinesses itching

itchingly itchings itchless itchweed itchweeds itchy (current term) itchy feet itchy trigger finger item item-by-item

item of clothing item set itemed iteming itemisation itemisations itemise itemised itemises itemising

Literary usage of Itchy

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Publishers Weekly by Publishers' Board of Trade (U.S.), Book Trade Association of Philadelphia, American Book Trade Union, Am. Book Trade Association, R.R. Bowker Company (1921)
"... Dave Cowan, a peripatetic printer-philosopher, who from time to time, gets "itchy-footed" and takes the 5.48 toward Atlanta or Seattle. ..."

2. Veterinary Notes for Horse Owners: A Manual of Horse Medicine and Surgery by Matthew Horace Hayes (1903)
"SIMPLE ECZEMA itchy TAIL CRACKED HEELS AND GREASE HUD FEVER SURFEIT SCALY ECZEMA WARTS AND N.SVI HIDEBOUND LBD- ..."

3. A Dictionary of the Bible: Dealing with Its Language, Literature, and by Samuel Rolles Driver, James Hastings, John Alexander Selbie (1900)
"This disease has nothing to do with the true scurvy, but is also an itchy disease in which a thick crust forms on the skin ; it is most rebellious to ..."

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